Multiaxial vibration valve

Abstract

The multiaxial vibration valve of the invention is a stand alone device that operates in any axial plane to regulate the flow of a fluid when the invention is vibrated by an outside source, wherein the multiaxial vibration valve comprises a flow chamber ( 21 ) with an inlet port ( 22 ) and an outlet port ( 23 ), a valve seat ( 25 ) between the lower interior volume of the flow chamber and said outlet port, a control ball ( 24 ), in moveable engagement with said valve seat, and a compressional spring ( 27 ), such that said spring holds the control ball up against said valve seat forming a seal which prevents any fluid to flow from the flow chamber to the outlet port when said valve device is at rest in a non vibrating stable condition, and has a spring compressional force value such that it allows said control ball to become dislodged from the valve seat when the valve device is accelerated by oscillations and vibrations from an outside source, which allows fluid present in the flow chamber to flow past the control ball through the valve seat and then through the outlet port, wherein when said device ceases to vibrate, said compression spring working in conjunction with the curved lower portion of the flow chamber ( 26 ), automatically repositions the control ball to the valve seat, restoring said seal, whereby preventing the flow of the fluid.

1 . A stand alone, fluid flow control device comprising a flow chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port, a valve seat between the interior volume of the flow chamber and the outlet port, a control ball in moveable engagement with said valve seat, such that said control ball is held stable relative to the valve seat by a compressional spring when the valve device is at rest, and allowed to move from the valve seat when the vibration valve device is moved by oscillations and vibrations from an outside source, allowing fluid present in the flow chamber to flow past the control ball, through the valve seat, and then through the outlet port.  
   
   
       2 . A fluid flow control device as described in  claim 1 , wherein said device can operate in any position.  
   
   
       3 . A compressional spring as described in  claim 1 , pushes the control ball against the valve seat with enough force to form a tight seal when said device is not being vibrated.  
   
   
       4 . A compressional spring as described in  claim 3  has a compressional force such that when the vibration valve device is vibrated by an outside source, said spring allows the control ball to disengage from the valve seat and move within the lower portion of the flow chamber.  
   
   
       5 . The lower section of the fluid flow chamber as described in  claim 4 , is concavely shaped.  
   
   
       6 . Said compressional spring as described in  claim 4  guides the control ball along the lower concave surface of the flow chamber as described in  claim 5  to the valve seat, forming a tight seal after the control valve device stops vibrating.  
   
   
       7 . A stand alone, fluid flow control device that can operate in any axial plane, comprising a flow chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port, a valve seat between the interior volume of the flow chamber and the outlet port, a control ball in moveable engagement with said valve seat, and a compressional spring that holds the control ball up against said valve seat forming a seal between the flow chamber and the outlet port when said valve device is at rest, and allows said control ball to become dislodged from the valve seat when the valve device is accelerated by oscillations, allowing fluid present in the flow chamber to flow past the control ball through the valve seat and then through the outlet port, and when the device ceases to vibrate, said compression spring working in conjunction with the curved lower portion of the flow chamber, automatically repositions the control ball to the valve seat, restoring said seal and preventing the flow of the fluid.